BOARD Certified Compound Pharmacist

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[CNJ_Anon]

Since USP <797> was adopted ten years ago, compliance has been spotty and training personnel has been subject to great variability. In 2012, seventy-six patients died of fungal meningitis due to inadequate practices related to sterile compounding at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. Who do you want in charge of your cleanroom's batch level sterility and endotoxin testing? Someone who knows what to do when a sample tests positive for Exserohilum rostratum?

I feel that a credential like the Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist (BCSCP) is one way to show that you can practice this important part of pharmacy at an advanced level.

 

[BenJammin]

Scam.

 

[CNJ_Anon]

Scam.

That too. The Board of Pharmacy Specialties collects $1350 over the first six years of a newly-certified pharmacist.

 

[MatCauthon]

Scam. anybody in the compounding business knows there are ample other training options available. most hospitals already provide their own training

 

[owlegrad]

Alright, but is it any more of a scam than any other board certification?

 

[steveysmith54]

I just signed up for the board certified dispensing pharmacist exam, the BCDP. Anyone took it already? I heard you can either bring in your own counting tray OR spatula, but not both.. dang, gona be a tough one.. Oh well, gona go practice some more, 5.. 10....15....20...25...30.. Catch y'all later.

 

[lane one]

I just signed up for the board certified dispensing pharmacist exam, the BCDP. Anyone took it already? I heard you can either bring in your own counting tray OR spatula, but not both.. dang, gona be a tough one.. Oh well, gona go practice some more, 5.. 10....15....20...25...30.. Catch y'all later.

When you get done you're gonna be hella smart

 

[gwarm01]

We're getting so close to that PGY3 in antibiotic reconstitution that we've always dreamed of.

 

[Sparda29]

Since USP <797> was adopted ten years ago, compliance has been spotty and training personnel has been subject to great variability. In 2012, seventy-six patients died of fungal meningitis due to inadequate practices related to sterile compounding at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. Who do you want in charge of your cleanroom's batch level sterility and endotoxin testing? Someone who knows what to do when a sample tests positive for Exserohilum rostratum?

I feel that a credential like the Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist (BCSCP) is one way to show that you can practice this important part of pharmacy at an advanced level.

Nonsense. New York requires knowing how to compound as part of initial licensing requirements. No need to be board certified to compound. It's already a travesty that insurance companies and PBMs are requiring pharmacies to be certified in order to bill compounds. The pharmacy I worked at got charged back for $100,000 for our diclofenac/menthol/capsaicin compound.

 

[Solskenrph]

I feel that many of these certifications is just a way to prove what you already know.
I didn't NEED the BCPS, but I took it because I'm an RPh and had no intention of going back for PharmD - and a $600 exam vs 20-30k for the PharmD just so that on paper employers will believe I have a clue.
I was considering the BCPCP (compounding) because I've done a LOT of compounding (and actually worked for NECC's sister company Ameridose many moons ago).. and it seems strange, because it seems like there isn't enough to make up a 200 question exam.. but since my job is to be in charge of USP 797/800 and the certification is "out there" people will ask for it and consider you as more valuable with it.

I don't think it's true but it is the market of the day

 

[TranslationalRPh]

I feel that many of these certifications is just a way to prove what you already know.
I didn't NEED the BCPS, but I took it because I'm an RPh and had no intention of going back for PharmD - and a $600 exam vs 20-30k for the PharmD just so that on paper employers will believe I have a clue.
I was considering the BCPCP (compounding) because I've done a LOT of compounding (and actually worked for NECC's sister company Ameridose many moons ago).. and it seems strange, because it seems like there isn't enough to make up a 200 question exam.. but since my job is to be in charge of USP 797/800 and the certification is "out there" people will ask for it and consider you as more valuable with it.

I don't think it's true but it is the market of the day

I also think the certifications are built-in way to keep up with more CE. Some people do better with mandated CE requirements rather than constantly reading primary literature on their own.

 

[sakigt]

Im BCCCP. But that being said this is all a scam.

My coworker and I developed a new cert: BCOVP: Board Certified Order Verification Pharmacist

 

[projektreverb]

I also have a board certification. BCPHARMD. Now pay me to take your exam folks!

With that being said, it’s the trend happening in today’s market.